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#154849 - 2006-01-09 04:39 PM @Address
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Anyone ever see the @address macro return a blank mac address? I've updated the driver of the offending machine, and probably going to switch out the card. Is this a bug with Kix or just flaky machine? I'm running kix 451 and the machine is 2000 pro sp4.
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#154850 - 2006-01-09 04:48 PM Re: @Address
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Yes, it can easily happen on a multi-nic system.

Try running the @IPADDRESS0 and @IPADDRESS1, @IPADDRESS2, @IPADDRESS3

and see what you get on that system.

Unfortunately I've not seen any good code to sort out the ACTIVE nic card natively.

You could try some PING and NSLOOKUP calls but that can be a pain too because if anything is off on WINS/DNS then the system may not ping it'self. You could shell and do IPCONFIG and grab it that way, but that too is a pain.

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#154851 - 2006-01-09 04:52 PM Re: @Address
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This is a single NIC computer. I uninstalled the intel pro 100, and put in a 3com and all is good now.
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#154852 - 2006-01-09 07:18 PM Re: @Address
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Okay, yeah. Probably a software issue on that system. Typically only see a blank IP on laptops that logon with a different nic.
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#154853 - 2006-01-09 07:22 PM Re: @Address
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My question was about blank MACs. But, It still seems to be PC specific.
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#154854 - 2006-01-09 07:25 PM Re: @Address
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Sorry about that. Just noticed that.

Well there actually have been issues with a few vendors where there software was wrong and created duplicate MAC addresses on the network.

But don't recall seeing anything about BLANK MAC so guess you were just the lucky one to start the New Year out with a new issue

Seems you got it worked out though.

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#154855 - 2006-01-09 07:31 PM Re: @Address
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Poke around your system a bit. Could be that there is firewire or some virtual NIC that is stealing top place.
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#154856 - 2006-01-09 07:47 PM Re: @Address
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I'm using the MAC as the section of an INI file that contains all the computers that have a specific application installed. I figured using the MAC would prevent duplicate entries if I rename a computer. Do you think that's an acceptable way of cataloging PCs?
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#154857 - 2006-01-09 07:57 PM Re: @Address
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MAC or Serial number
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#154858 - 2006-01-09 08:13 PM Re: @Address
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What serial number would that be?
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#154859 - 2006-01-09 08:17 PM Re: @Address
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pc serial number
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#154860 - 2006-01-09 08:44 PM Re: @Address
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gonna have to do some digging on that one. Would that be the SN of your windows product?
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#154861 - 2006-01-09 08:50 PM Re: @Address
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SN of the computer itself... from BIOS...

research WMIQuery()
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#154862 - 2006-01-09 10:03 PM Re: @Address
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Could probably pull the MAC with WMI too.
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#154863 - 2006-01-09 10:17 PM Re: @Address
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Quote:

Could probably pull the MAC with WMI too.




As a matter of fact you can, and if you might test it with RFC - GetIPOptions(), I think it will provide you with what you looking for. Just use:

Code:
 ? "        Mac Address:  " + getipoptions("Macaddress") 


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#154864 - 2006-01-09 10:24 PM Re: @Address
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for each $mac in WMIQuery("MACAddress","Win32_NetworkAdapter")
? $mac
next


$serno = WMIQuery("SerialNumber","Win32_BIOS")[0]
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#154865 - 2006-01-09 10:29 PM Re: @Address
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As a matter of fact you can...



I only covered my ass because the KiX macro wasn't doing it for him. I realize that normally you can.
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#154866 - 2006-01-09 10:36 PM Re: @Address
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While I quoted you Les, I really was responding to Tylan... but all the same I glad you finally covered your arse... the impression of your crack, on your co-workers brains, will not be soon forgotten.
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#154867 - 2006-01-10 04:31 PM Re: @Address
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I guess I'm going to stick with the @Address macro, and watch my log file grow. If I continue to see [] for section names that are supposed to be MAC Addresses I will look into changing my code. I think I just hit a oddball machine, and the @Address macro will be successfull most of the time.
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#154868 - 2006-01-11 02:51 AM Re: @Address
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I tried the WMIQuery.

$serno = WMIQuery("SerialNumber","Win32_BIOS")[0]

Any idea on why the output was sys-1234567890? On two other PCs, I had a blank as my output. Am I missing something, or is this not going to be a viable way of tracking computers?

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